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obligate \ob"ligate\, v. t. imp.  p. p. obligated; p. pr. 
   vb. n. obligating. l. obligatus, p. p. of obligare. see
   oblige.
   1. to bring or place under obligation, moral or legal; to
      hold by a constraining motive. "obligated by a sense of
      duty." --proudfit.
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            that's your true plan -- to obligate
            the present ministers of state.       --churchill.
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   2. to bind or firmly hold to an act; to compel; to constrain;
      to bind to any act of duty or courtesy by a formal pledge.
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            that they may not incline or be obligated to any
            vile or lowly occupations.            --landor.
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see also:
obligated obligating oblige 

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